Jupiter and the Tortoise | 朱庇特与乌龟
Jupiter punishes a tortoise for preferring home to his wedding feast by making it carry its house...
Odds and Ends | 零碎与珍宝
A lazy maiden discards flax while spinning, but her industrious servant uses the scraps to make a...
The Love Potion | 爱情神药
A young man, Alan Austen, visits an old man who sells peculiar potions, seeking an affordable lov...
The Dancing Bear | 会跳舞的熊
A dancing bear returns to the wild and impresses his former companions with his skills, but his s...
Kindly Step into the Vat | 请君入瓮
The story recounts how the cruel judge Lai Junchen used Zhou Xing's own torture method—a scorchin...
The Eagle and His Captor | 鹰与捕鹰人
An eagle, after being captured and having its wings clipped, is sold to a kind man who lets it he...
Pandora's Box | 潘多拉的盒子
The myth of Pandora tells how her curiosity led her to open a forbidden box, releasing evils into...
The Tunny-Fish and the Dolphin | 金枪鱼与海豚
A chased tunny-fish and its pursuer, a dolphin, both become stranded on a sandbank. Facing death ...
Butterfly Insights | 蝴蝶的启示
The author observes a moth-butterfly trapped in a garage, fixated on escaping through a closed wi...
The Mantis Stops the Chariot | 螳臂当车
King Zhuang Gong of Qi encounters a mantis attempting to stop his chariot, prompting a reflection...
Lu Zhishen Uproots a Willow Tree | 鲁智深倒拔垂杨柳
Lu Zhishen, assigned to guard a vegetable garden, subdues local troublemakers and astounds them b...
The Hole in the Road | 路上的坑
A farmer profits from a deceptive water-filled pothole near his farm, charging drivers to pull ou...
The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭工与漂洗工
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to share his house to save costs and foster friendship, but th...
Going South by Driving North | 南辕北辙
A man traveling in the wrong direction believes his superior resources will help, but they only t...
The Night Battle at Jiameng Pass | 夜战马超
A tale from Three Kingdoms where Zhuge Liang strategically provokes Zhang Fei to fight the formid...
Why Women Cry | 女人为何哭泣
A man seeks to understand why women cry, from his mother to God. God explains that He created wom...
Mutual Respect | 相敬如宾
A Spring and Autumn Period official, inspired by a respectful farming couple, advocated employing...
Rules of the Road | 人生守则
The author befriends an elderly churchgoer, Betty, who shares a heartfelt list of life's simple j...
The Clever Little Tailor | 聪明的小裁缝
A seemingly foolish young tailor outwits a proud princess by solving her riddle and cleverly surv...
A Mother First | 母亲的身份
The narrator reflects on her mother's lifelong devotion to motherhood, from overprotective childh...
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